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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9/10 if she was the type to help, 12/10 based on the last sentence.

There is an easy way to avoid being this annoyed, though: do what 13:12 suggested. Say you are very sorry but cannot accommodate her. Just be chill about it. Same with your husband. In situations like this, it's not very fair, but my husband and I do this thing where we volunteer to be thrown under the bus. If he doesn't want a confrontation but I don't mind being used as the excuse, he will say "I would but my wife isn't okay with it." [b]If your husband just feels bad saying no and doesn't want a confrontation, I'd be 100% willing to be the bad guy in this scenario. [/b][/quote]

This is terrible advice. It's fine to suggest to your kids that they can use you as the reason they can't do something their friend wants that they uncomfortable with. Or even to let your husband use you as the bad guy if he's looking for an excuse not to hang out with friends or something. But using you with your MIL for something that she is likely to see as very important and might lose money on is a huge mistake. This is the kind of thing that can cause bad relations between the two of you for years. Not to mention OP's husband is about to be a father, so this is a good time for him to learn how to handle a confrontation, if he hasn't learned that already.[/quote]

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